JPS6052771B2 - Dough strip continuous discharge device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a device for dispensing bread dough, noodle dough, etc. in the form of a strip, and in order to protect the gluten network structure of these doughs, the device discharges under a low pressure effect. The width can be freely adjusted while at the same time ensuring stability in the discharge amount.

The present inventor has developed a device for continuous dispensing dough into strips that is highly effective when used for dough that is fluid, such as dough made by kneading wheat flour with water, and is unified as a whole by a structure with developed gluten. conducted research and installed a conveyance mechanism at the bottom of the dough hopper, and installed a cutter facing inward at the upper edge of the dough outlet on the side wall of the hopper, allowing the cutter to cut the dough stagnant at the upper edge of the outlet. We have already invented a belt-shaped continuous discharge device that allows the dough on the conveyance mechanism to be stably discharged from the outlet, and have filed a patent application (
(Japanese Patent Application No. 122736/1983).

As a result of further studies on the above-mentioned continuous strip discharge device, the inventor of the present invention has found that by providing rotating rollers on both sides of the fabric discharge port, the discharge width can be arbitrarily adjusted compared to the above-mentioned continuous strip discharge device. They have also discovered that it is possible to achieve even higher accuracy in stabilizing the amount of dough discharged, leading to the completion of the present invention. That is, in the present invention, a conveyance mechanism is provided at the bottom of the dough hopper, a cutter facing inward is provided at the upper edge of the dough outlet on the side wall of the hopper, and rotating rollers are provided at both ends of the dough outlet. This is a device for continuously discharging fabric strips. The structure of the present invention will be explained below based on the embodiment shown in the drawings. 1 is a hopper, and at the bottom of the hopper there is a conveying mechanism 5 having an endless belt 4 stretched between a driving roller 2 and a driven roller 3. It is provided.

In the drawings, the conveyance mechanism 5 is shown as a drive roller 2, a driven roller 3, and an endless belt 4, but it is not necessarily limited to this, and may be in the shape of a caterpillar, for example. However, as shown in the device for continuously discharging dough in the form of a strip according to the prior application, it is not necessary to construct not only the bottom but also both sides of the discharge port using a large number of feeding plates whose ends are bent at right angles. Rather, the upper surface may be merely flat or have only some irregularities to prevent slipping. Reference numeral 6 denotes a discharge port, and a cutter 7 is provided above the discharge port toward the inside of the hopper.

In the drawing, the cutter 7 consists of a fixed blade 8 with an array of teeth in the form of peaks and valleys, and a sliding blade 9 shaped to match the fixed blade 8. The sliding blade 9 is fixed by a motor 11 via an arm 10. Although shown as sliding on the lower surface of the blade, the invention is not necessarily limited to this. Reference numeral 12 denotes rollers provided on both side edges of the discharge port 6, which are rotated in the direction of arrow d by a drive mechanism (not shown).

The dough 13 discharged from the discharge port 6 is transferred to the receiving conveyor 1.
Transferred to 4th. The present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, and when the conveying mechanism 5 is operated in the direction of the discharge port 6, the lower part of the dough 13 fed into the hopper 1 is moved toward the discharge port 6 as indicated by the arrow a in FIG. The dough that moves in the direction and is not discharged from the discharge port 6 is cut into pieces by the cutter 7, moves upward as shown by arrow b in FIG. It is possible to discharge the dough in a uniform manner.

At this time, if the cutter 7 described above is not provided,
The amount of dough 13 carried near the discharge port 6 is blocked by the discharge port 6, which opens only to a limited size, increasing the internal pressure, and due to the unified structure of gluten, the entire amount is reduced to the direction indicated by arrow b. It swirls in the direction of , and moves only irregularly in the direction of the discharge port 6 .

Experimentally, stable discharge could not be obtained. As described above, according to the present invention, the dough does not stagnate near the discharge port 6 and stable dough discharge can be performed. The width of the discharged dough is determined by the rollers 12, 12 that press it in the direction of arrow c in FIG. 3.

The density of the dough in the clamped portion is made constant, thereby increasing the accuracy of dispensing a certain amount of dough. Since the discharge width is determined by the distance between the two rollers 12, 12, the width of the discharge dough can be easily adjusted by arbitrarily moving the positions of the rotation axes of these rollers 12, 12.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partially longitudinal front view showing the structure of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a plan view thereof. 1... Hopper, 2... Drive roller, 3... Driven roller, 4... Endless belt,
5...Transportation mechanism, 6...Discharge port, 7...
... Cutter, 8 ... Fixed blade, 9 ...
・Sliding blade, 10...Arm, 11...
Motor, 12... So-ra, 13...
Dough, 14...Receiving conveyor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A conveying mechanism is provided at the bottom of the dough hopper, a cutter facing inward is provided at the upper edge of the dough outlet on the side wall of the hopper, and rotating rollers are provided at both edges of the dough outlet. A device for continuously discharging strips of dough.